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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2019
Applicant:
Bourns, Inc., Riverside, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kiyoshi Tada, Yokohama, JP;
Cathal Sheehan, Cork, IE;
Gordon Lee Bourns, Riverside, CA (US);
Brian Ahearne, Cork, IE;
Assignee:
Bourns, Inc., Riverside, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 7/18 (2006.01); H01H 71/16 (2006.01); H01H 71/08 (2006.01); H01M 2/34 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01H 73/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 7/18 (2013.01); H01H 71/08 (2013.01); H01H 71/16 (2013.01); H01M 2/348 (2013.01); H01M 10/4257 (2013.01); H02J 7/0026 (2013.01); H01H 73/20 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01);
Abstract
Electromechanical circuit breakers are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the breakers can be integrated into battery management systems to simplify battery management circuitry and/or to provide redundancy to the battery management systems. In some embodiments, the breakers can be provided to reduce damage to the battery management systems during hot-swapping of a battery cell. The breakers can be automatically resettable or not automatically resettable in various embodiments.